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[kalinecountry]

http://www.freep.com/article/201308...idel-jose-iglesias-jose-veras-dave-dombrowski
Tigers strengthen team at trade deadline to go the distance.
from the freep

 

[kalinecountry]

http://www.freep.com/article/20130804/SPORTS02/308040088/Detroit-3-Chicago-0-Sweet-16-Scherzer
Sweet 16 for Tigers' Max Scherzer. with webvideo.
from the freep

 

[kalinecountry]

http://www.mlive.com/tigers/index.ssf/2013/08/max_scherzer_starts_strong_for.html
Max Scherzer starts strong for Detroit Tigers, but don't forget about how good Joaquin Benoit has been.
from Mlive

 

[kalinecountry]

http://www.detroitnews.com/article/...rts0104/Max-Scherzer-Tigers-just-keep-winning
Max Scherzer and the Tigers just keep on winning.
from the detnews

 

[kalinecountry]

http://www.detroitnews.com/article/...they-re-still-itching-get-Miguel-Cabrera-back
Tigers Notebook: Tigers reeling off wins, but they're still itching to get Miguel Cabrera back.
from the detnews

 

[kalinecountry]

http://marioimpemba.com/1/post/2013/08/martinez-is-back.html
Victor Martinez is back.
from MarioImpemba'sTigersblog

 

[kalinecountry]

http://tigers.mlblogs.com/2013/08/04/scenes-from-our-eighth-annual-fiesta-tigres-celebration/
Scenes from our Eighth Annual ?Fiesta Tigres! Celebration.
from the ComericaParkTigersblog

 

[kalinecountry]

http://blog.detroitathletic.com/201...eld-helped-tiger-batters-during-the-cobb-era/
A spy in Center field helped Tigers Batters during the Cobb era.
from Detroit Athletic

 

[kalinecountry]

First inning pitch count.
Apropos of nothing, you might be interested in a little baseball data. A reader at Bill James Online recently asked how often the team that throws fewer pitches in the first inning wins the game. Our own James Gentile did the research for all games between 2002 and 2012 and found that...

?When teams threw one to five fewer pitches than the other team in the first inning, its winning percentage was .523 in those games.

?When the difference was six to 10 pitches, its winning percentage was .564

?11-15 pitches, .626

?16-20 pitches, .672

?21 or more pitches, .775

from the Hardball Times

 

[kalinecountry]

Miguel Cabrera will take batting practice at 11 a.m. still in wait-and-see mode for the lineup.
Most of Tigers hitting in cage at 11:30. Miggy is hitting on field at 11, to test things out.

 

[kalinecountry]

The Tigers have recalled the injury rehabilitation assignment of Darin Downs and optioned his contract to AAA Toledo.

http://www.mlive.com/tigers/index.ssf/2013/08/detroit_tigers_recall_darin_do.html
Detroit Tigers recall Darin Downs from rehabilitation assignment, option him to Triple-A Toledo.
from Mlive

 

[kalinecountry]

Miguel Cabrera just finished taking grounders, now taking batting practice. If he feels good, he's playing today.
Cabrera putting on his usual show in BP. That's not a problem. It's running where his injury becomes an issue.

Miggy's hitting bombs in BP. To all fields.
Now just have to see if he can run, I'd think. Already took grounders.

Leyland earlier: "He felt a lot better yesterday, but that was my decision not to play him."

If Miguel Cabrera is not in the lineup today, it has nothing to do with whether he can hit. Looks perfectly fine in batting practice.

Beck, Mowery, Iott.

Would expect Miguel Cabrera in #Tigers lineup after hitting base of brick wall by flagpole twice, the camera well in CF and driving 1 oppo.
Tigers lineup posted. Iglesias at 3B. No Cabrera.
7 games missed with abdominal strain equates to 2 HR and 7 RBI for Tigers Cabrera - based on his other 100 games.

wtf kind of Sunday lineup is this.

 

[tomdalton22]

Miguel Cabrera just finished taking grounders, now taking batting practice. If he feels good, he's playing today.
Cabrera putting on his usual show in BP. That's not a problem. It's running where his injury becomes an issue.

Miggy's hitting bombs in BP. To all fields.
Now just have to see if he can run, I'd think. Already took grounders.

Leyland earlier: "He felt a lot better yesterday, but that was my decision not to play him."

If Miguel Cabrera is not in the lineup today, it has nothing to do with whether he can hit. Looks perfectly fine in batting practice.

Beck, Mowery, Iott.

If there is any question I think you sit him another game.

 

[kalinecountry]

If there is any question I think you sit him another game.

It must affect his running, from what I found to post, it sure isn't the hitting.
I agree, and if anything late and close or trailing, he could pinch hit and have a pinch runner.

 

[tomdalton22]

It must affect his running, from what I found to post, it sure isn't the hitting.
I agree, and if anything late and close or trailing, he could pinch hit and have a pinch runner.

For sure. I wonder how many times Miggy has pinch hit?

 

[durtymrclean]

Why not dh him?

 

[kalinecountry]

Why not dh him?

Well. that 12th inning worked.
Problem with it all is running the bases, pinch hitting and immediate removal today.

 

[kalinecountry]

Pre game story;
http://www.mlive.com/tigers/index.ssf/2013/08/jim_leyland_eager_for_return_o.html
Jim Leyland eager for return of Miguel Cabrera despite record without him: 'We need the big fella'.
from Mlive

Cabrera gets another day off from Tigers' lineup.
DETROIT -- Miguel Cabrera took ground balls and batting practice Sunday morning, but he did not take his usual spot at third base for the Tigers Sunday afternoon. He was out of the lineup for the fourth consecutive game as manager Jim Leyland gave his abdominal strain one more day to recover before the Tigers begin a four-game divisional clash in Cleveland.
Cabrera looked fine in his pregame workout, but hitting and lateral movement have never been the problem for him. It's running, Cabrera said, that tests his injury.
That said, Cabrera noted he has been feeling much better the last couple days. The decision not to play has come from Leyland, who is trying to stop the day-the-day uncertainty once and for all without having to place him on the disabled list and lose him for a longer stretch.
"He felt a lot better [Saturday]," Leyland said, "but that was my decision not to play him."
Jose Iglesias started at third base for the third straight game. Don Kelly, who started in right field as Leyland gave Torii Hunter and his Achilles a day off, batted third in Cabrera's spot.
from the Tigers official site

 

[kalinecountry]

Downs stays at Triple-A after ending rehab assignment.
DETROIT -- Darin Downs completed his rehab assignment for Triple-A Toledo Saturday night, only to be optioned there to pitch full time. The Tigers activated the lefty reliever from the 15-day disabled list Sunday morning and optioned him to the Mud Hens.

The move keeps right-hander Evan Reed as the long reliever in the Tigers' bullpen. (post game change with this).

Downs was scheduled to pitch an inning in his final rehab appearance for the Hens on Saturday. Downs allowed four runs, three earned, on three hits over three innings with two walks and five strikeouts for his rehab assignment. He went 0-2 with a 5.18 ERA in 26 appearances for the Tigers before going on the DL, allowing 36 hits over 33 innings with 10 walks and 37 strikeouts.
from the Tigers official site

 

[kalinecountry]

Benoit's adjustment to closing leads to fewer homers.
DETROIT -- Tigers manager Jim Leyland explained Joaquin Benoit's intelligence and his use of it in the closer's role before Sunday's finale against the White Sox.

"There's the pure-stuff-type closer, and then there's the figure-it-out closer," Leyland said.
Benoit, he said, is a little bit of both. That looks evident in the stats.

A year ago, Benoit led Major League relievers with 14 home runs allowed, more than double his total in any other season in which he has been a full-time reliever. With just under two months to go, Benoit has allowed two home runs in 45 innings.

It would be lowest home-run ratio of his career if he keeps it up. Coupled with that, his .66 ratio of ground balls to fly balls would be the highest of his career.
It wasn't any major correction in mechanics, Benoit said. His best explanation is that it's a product of a change in approach.
"In the role that I'm in right now, they're taking more pitches," Benoit said. "And I'm throwing more fastballs. I'm just trying to throw first-pitch strikes down in the zone and go from there."

That, if anything, is the one major adjustment he has made to closing. In the ninth inning, especially trailing by two or three runs, hitters are more likely to try to work a count and draw a walk than in other situations.

Leyland rested Benoit on Sunday after he pitched the ninth inning the previous couple nights. He has racked up 13 2/3 consecutive scoreless innings, allowing 10 hits while walking four and striking out 16.
fromthe Tigers official site